The collection can be sorted by the popular name of the law, by the date of its enactment, or by descriptive category of naming convention. The categories are our attempt to bring some degree of order to the chaos.
Database of Federal Statute Names
Database of Federal Statute Popular Names
| Title |
Type |
Popular Name | Short Title | Named For? | Classification | PL | Statute At Large | Date(s) Enacted | Interesting Part Statutized? | Leads to other named Legislation | Link/Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFRA Act | Abbreviation | SAFRA Act | "SAFRA Act" | Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act of 2009, originally introduced as H.R. 3221 (111th Cong.). | 20 USC 1001 | 111-152, title II, subtitle A, S2001 | 124 Stat 1071 | Y | short title at beginning of title II, no indication of what SAFRA stands for | |||
| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008" or the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" | 50 USC 1801 | 110-261 | 122 Stat 2436 | N | short title at the beginning of statute; what's interesting here is that "FISA" is not part of the short title of the original bill, but it has clearly come to be known by the acronym | ||||
| "SPARS" Act | Abbreviation | "SPARS" Act | NO short title | An acronym for the Coast Guard's motto, Semper Paratus, Always Ready | ch. 8, title IV, as added ch 639, S 1, 56 Stat 1020 |
02/19/1941 11/23/1942 |
Y |
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/womens-equality-day-2011/uscg-spar... |
nothing in statute | |||
| TRICARE Affirmation Act | Abbreviation | TRICARE Affirmation Act | "TRICARE Affirmative Act" | 26 USC 1 | 111-159 | 124 Stat 1123 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no indication what TRICARE is | ||||
| Rural AED Act | Abbreviation | Rural AED Act | "Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act" or "Rural AED Act" | 42 USC 254c note | 106-505, title IV, subtitle B (S411) | 114 Stat 2340 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B | ||||
| HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008 | "HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008" | 12 USC 1701 | 110-289, div A, title IV | 122 Stat 2800 | Y | short title at beginning of title IV; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | ||||
| ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | "ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000" | 42 usc 101 note | 106-545 | 114 Stat 2721 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ICCVAM is not spelled out in title -- S 3 spells it out as Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods | ||||
| HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | "HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000" | 15 USC 631 | 106-554, S1(a)(9) [title VI, subtitle A, S 601 et seq) | 114 Stat 2763, 2763A-697 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle A; HUBZone is defined as "historically underutilized zone" | ||||
| NAFTA Worker Security Act | Abbreviation | NAFTA Worker Security Act | "NAFTA Worker Security Act" | 19 USC 2101 | 103-182, title V, subtitle A, S 501 et seq | 107 Stat 2149 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no specification of what NAFTA stands for, although it's obvious that it's the North American Free Trade Agreement | ||||
| TEFRA | Abbreviation | TEFRA | "Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982" | 26 USC 1 note | 97-248 | 96 Stat 324 | N | short title at beginning of statute; TEFRA is listed in PNT, but not in statute |